What every American should know about the Middle East
By: Melissa Rossi.
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 493
ISBN-13: 9780452289598
Subjects: Middle East
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Misunderstanding the Middle East; title: Cheat sheet 1 : basic concepts and building blocks; title: Jogging through the millennia; title: Pulling the pieces together; title: European designs : hacking up the Middle East; title: Cheat sheet 2: 1979 and beyond a quick look at the issues; title: Iraq : pardon our mess; title: Iran: isn't the party over yet?; title: The kingdom of Saudi Arabia : splitsville; title: Kuwait : lines in the sand; title: Yemen : in another world; title: The United Arab Emirates : the land of possibilities; title: Qatar : trail blazing; title: Bahrain : a new profile; title: Oman : awake at last; title: Cheat sheet 3 : the westerners; title: Israel : fulfilling prophecies; title: Disappearing act : the Palestinian Territories' the West Bank and Gaza; title: Lebanon : the cedar devolution; title: Syria : crumbling support; title: Jordan : stuck in the middle; title: Egypt : secret society.